[AT] Fwd: Re: flooding in Saskatchewan and Manitoba

[Ron Cook]

Ralph
     Exactly the same here.  Not only battery operations, but excess 
water, too.  I had to hook up the second sump pump as sort of a "fail 
safe" back-up.  The water was coming into the basement sump at the rate 
of about 18 gallons a minute at the high point.  I hooked my Deere 40U 
to the standby generator in case the power went off. When away from 
home, I call home with my cell phone.  If the answering machine does not 
pick up, I know the power is off and home I go.
     I do not do any farming other than my gardening.  I do haul grain, 
however.  Getting in and out of many farm storage sites has been 
impossible.  Some corn grain bins have been in a little water. That is 
not good.  There will be some quality issues.

Ron Cook
Salix, IA

> I have done the same with the JD AR. For the few times I start it a year
> it does not make sense to leave to dedicated six volt batteries in it
> all the time. I just borrow a 12 out of one of the other trucks, grain
> auger , or anything that has an easily removable battery. And chances
> are I won't even tighten the cable bolts. Just brush clean and push them
> down good and tight by hand so they are easy to pull off when I take the
> battery out. I sure appreciate those batteries with the built in
> carrying handle for that situation as there is no room to get my hands
> down beside the battery to lift it.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
>